Portfolio > The Written Image

The first pieces for this show were created using a wood-fire process in which flame and falling ash in the kiln's interior marks and alters the surface of the finished object. I designed saggers--protective containers in which pieces are fired--so that one side of the cup was protected while the kiln's atmosphere blasted the other. Placing text on opposite sides of pieces, I wanted some text to remain legible while other words were destroyed. Vision is cloaked, confidence is obliterated and trust vanishes. I see the atmosphere of the kiln as a metaphor of life; we are who we are as a result of the various environments in which we were formed. All pieces in this group are Wood fired porcelain and stoneware.

The Written Image Gallery View
The Written Image Gallery View
2012